Saint John Swallowing the Book, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition

1511

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 in. (38.8 x 27.9 cm)
Collection no.: 19.73.133
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Albrecht Dürer. Saint John Swallowing the Book, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Saint John Swallowing the Book, from "The Apocalypse", Latin Edition — Albrecht Dürer. 1511.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 in. (38.8 x 27.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Junius Spencer Morgan, 1919.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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